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Bear – 3rd Grade
Marble Madness
Elective
Requirement 5

Zig, Zag, Zoom

Bear – 3rd Grade
Marble Madness
Elective
Requirement 5

Zig, Zag, Zoom

Snapshot of Activity

Create a maze for marbles. 

Indoor
3
3
3
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  • Shallow cardboard box, cardboard box lid, or sheet cake pan, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Pipe cleaners and or straws, enough to share 
  • Construction paper in assorted colors, enough to share 
  • Tape to share 
  • Scissors, a pair for every 2 Cub Scouts 
  • Marbles 

Possible additional supplies to build the maze

  • LEGOS
  • PVC pipes and elbows 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Gather supplies. 
  2. Build a sample maze using a shallow carboard box and lanes defined by construction paper. 
  3. Set up meeting space with room for Cub Scouts to build a marble maze. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Explain to Cub Scouts that a maze is a game with a defined starting point and end point. The goal is to get from the starting point to the end point by navigating the various twists and turns.   
    • Mazes can be varying levels of complexity. The more corners, turns, and dead ends the mazer has, the more challenging it will be. 
    • The marble is navigated through the maze by the player holding the maze and twisting and turning the maze to control the direction of the marble through the maze. 
  2. Share your marble maze design. Point out what you did and how you could make it different. 
  3. Allow Cub Scouts time to select their materials and build their maze. 
  4. Have Cub Scouts use their maze with their marbles. Ask each Cub Scout to share their maze with the den. 

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.